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Opinions

The FRA issues opinions and conclusions to EU institutions and Member States on specific thematic topics. The European Parliament, the Council of the European Union or the European Commission can request the agency to deliver opinions on EU legislative proposals "as far as their compatibility with fundamental rights are concerned". This specific task contributes to the agency's overall objective to support EU institutions and Member States to fully respect fundamental rights. For more information see the factsheet FRA Opinions: 10 questions and answers.

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This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to inform
the European Parliament’s position on the legislative proposal on the European Border and
Coast Guard (EBCG) presented by the European Commission on 12 September 2018.

With this Opinion, FRA aims to contribute to the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the “Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework”, being prepared in the Parliament’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs (AFCO). The request aims at understanding the interaction between the Charter’s implementation at national and EU level, and whether there are “instruments, mechanisms and practices” available at EU level to assist Member States to better implement the Charter.

This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to
inform the European Parliament’s position concerning the legislative proposal for a
Regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards of European Union (EU)
citizens and of residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members
exercising their right of free movement. It focuses on the processing of biometric data
and complements the opinion published by the European Data Protection
Supervisor (EDPS).

This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to
inform the European Parliament’s position on the legislative proposal amending the
Visa Information System, the Visa Code and other related provisions of EU law. The
European Commission presented the proposal on 16 May 2018 and EU legislators are
currently discussing it.7 Throughout the text, this opinion refers to the proposed
amendments using the wording “the proposal” or “the Commission proposal”.

This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to inform
the European Parliament position concerning legislative proposals on interoperability
between EU information technology systems (IT systems) presented on 12 December 2017
and currently discussed by the EU legislators.

The European Parliament requested this FRA Opinion on the fundamental rights and personal data protection implications of the proposed Regulation for the creation of a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), including an assessment of the fundamental rights aspects of the access
by law enforcement authorities and Europol.

The Council of the EU requested this FRA Opinion in its Conclusions on business and human rights. The expert opinion sought from FRA was to look at “possible avenues to lower barriers for access to remedy at the EU level” – the third of three pillars of the UN Guiding
Principles.

Without being exhaustive, this opinion discusses selected topics which touch certain Charter rights, identifying the challenges and describing measures that could be taken to mitigate the risk of actions, which are not compliant with the Charter. It does not focus exclusively on risks arising in direct relation to the involvement of EU actors on the ground, but also takes into account that the hotspot approach entails a certain share of responsibility of the EU for the situation in the hotspots overall.

This opinion analyses the effects on children of the proposed recast Dublin Regulation. It covers child-specific rules as well as provisions relating to all asylum applicants that significantly affect children.